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Helping Women And Minorities Raise Angel Capital

David Teten

the America that is not just white men.). I was inspired by the Harvard Business School U.S. Competitiveness Project , which challenged the HBS alumni community to address America’s declining competitiveness. As usual, we’re investing in companies without regard to the university affiliation of the companies’ leadership.

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Don’t Settle When You Decide Where to Settle

Austin Startup

There were great careers on that path, but part of becoming an entrepreneur and controlling my own geographic destiny not only was easiness on my family but the ability to accumulate a lifetime of service to my alma mater and other community affiliations. It’s one way of de-risking the business.

Atlanta 48
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Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Startup Lessons Learned

As a kid growing up in America in a middle class family it just seemed so remote. Actually keeping the company in business, having it have a sustainable business model, having it pull in the funds that it needs to keep going, that's actually not a greedy thing to do. Like, "Oh, come on. That's so old fashioned."

Dallas 68